Re: AR and zero to no LRTs |
Fri, 17 January 2003 20:51 |
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If you consider the things AR needs....
Fast freighters - transportation of colonists with minimal deaths
Ironium - catch 22 here - to get the mineral you need mining ships, mining ships need the mineral.
Bigger starbases - orbital forts fill to 25% / 33% very quickly - i.e. you need something bigger - space dock is cheap and bigger and with Max tech the route I use tends to be fort, dock, ultra, deathstar - missing starbase entirely.
so ISB and IFE are no brainers. ARM is a personal choice. As Apelord has pointed out ARM is secondary to TT. This is because not only do you get better quality planets (habitability is biggest aspect of the econ equation) but you can terraform 30% quicker per terraform.
I think AR is a PRT that really *needs* LRTs to get the best out of it. Alas with theno LRT game I get the feeling I'll end up slating all that I wrote saying it can be done, or I'll agree due to my crushing defeat.
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